Samuel A. Safran

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PhD Physics University of California, Berkeley

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Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates (2001) (2090)
Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces, And Membranes (1994) (791)
Optimal matrix rigidity for stress fiber polarization in stem cells. (2010) (362)
Calculation of forces at focal adhesions from elastic substrate data: the effect of localized force and the need for regularization. (2002) (357)
Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces (1994) (336)
Metabolic remodeling of the human red blood cell membrane (2010) (331)
Fingering Instabilities of Driven Spreading Films (1989) (311)
Capillary instabilities in thin films. I. Energetics (1986) (281)
Red blood cell membrane fluctuations and shape controlled by ATP-induced cytoskeletal defects. (2005) (271)
Membrane-induced interactions between inclusions (1993) (265)
Molecular theory of curvature elasticity in surfactant films (1990) (263)
Defect-induced phase separation in dipolar fluids. (2000) (229)
Capillary instabilities in thin films. II. Kinetics (1986) (224)
Cell mechanosensitivity controls the anisotropy of focal adhesions. (2004) (223)
Dynamics of cell orientation (2007) (222)
Theory of Spontaneous Vesicle Formation in Surfactant Mixtures (1990) (216)
Physics of complex and supermolecular fluids (1987) (207)
Interaction between inclusions embedded in membranes. (1996) (179)
Cytoskeleton confinement and tension of red blood cell membranes. (2003) (165)
Kinetics of ordering in two dimensions. II. Quenched systems (1983) (157)
Structure and phase equilibria of microemulsions (1987) (156)
Attractive Interactions in Micelles and Microemulsions (1984) (155)
Phase Diagrams for Microemulsions (1983) (151)
Effect of lipid characteristics on the structure of transmembrane proteins. (1998) (150)
Fluctuations of spherical microemulsions (1983) (147)
Long-range self-organization of cytoskeletal myosin II filament stacks (2017) (144)
Cyclic Stress at mHz Frequencies Aligns Fibroblasts in Direction of Zero Strain (2011) (138)
Pearling in cells: a clue to understanding cell shape. (1999) (137)
Random surface model for the L3-phase of dilute surfactant solutions (Erratum) (1988) (125)
Phase Diagrams for Staged Intercalation Compounds (1980) (120)
Force-induced adsorption and anisotropic growth of focal adhesions. (2006) (118)
Elastic interactions of active cells with soft materials. (2003) (115)
Curvature elasticity of thin films (1999) (113)
Cylindrical microemulsions: a polymer-like phase ? (1984) (110)
The amplitude equation near the convective threshold: application to time-dependent heating experiments (1981) (109)
Limitation of cell adhesion by the elasticity of the extracellular matrix. (2006) (108)
Hybrid lipids as a biological surface-active component. (2009) (102)
Elastic interactions of cells. (2002) (101)
Stability and Phase Behavior of Mixed Surfactant Vesicles (1991) (101)
Cell shape, spreading symmetry, and the polarization of stress-fibers in cells (2010) (97)
Theory of magnetic susceptibility of graphite intercalation compounds (1979) (93)
Long-Range Elastic Interactions and Staging in Graphite Intercalation Compounds (1979) (92)
Line active hybrid lipids determine domain size in phase separation of saturated and unsaturated lipids. (2010) (84)
Self-assembly of linear aggregates: the effect of electrostatics on growth (1990) (83)
Do cells sense stress or strain? Measurement of cellular orientation can provide a clue. (2008) (80)
Matrix Mechanosensing: From Scaling Concepts in 'Omics Data to Mechanisms in the Nucleus, Regeneration, and Cancer. (2017) (73)
Thermodynamics and structure of self-assembled networks. (2002) (73)
Kinetics of ordering in two dimensions. I. Model systems (1983) (66)
Direct Observation of Phase Separation in Microemulsion Networks (1999) (66)
Theory of microemulsions: comparison with experimental behavior (1988) (65)
Dynamical theory of active cellular response to external stress. (2008) (65)
Curvature elasticity of diblock copolymer monolayers (1991) (64)
CHARGE FLUCTUATIONS AND MEMBRANE ATTRACTIONS (1998) (63)
Fluctuations of coupled fluid and solid membranes with application to red blood cells. (2007) (59)
Dynamics of cellular focal adhesions on deformable substrates: consequences for cell force microscopy. (2008) (58)
Charge fluctuations and counterion condensation. (2002) (57)
Large anisotropy and stage dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of alkali-graphite intercalation compounds (1979) (56)
Electrostatic interactions and staging in graphite intercalation compounds (1980) (55)
Equilibrium emulsification of polymer blends by diblock copolymers (1990) (55)
Deformation and tribology of multi-walled hollow nanoparticles (2000) (55)
Hybrid lipids increase the probability of fluctuating nanodomains in mixed membranes. (2013) (55)
Active elasticity of gels with contractile cells. (2006) (54)
Correlations and structure factor of bicontinuous microemulsions (1988) (53)
Domain Growth of Degenerate Phases (1981) (52)
Temperature dependence of the thermodynamics and kinetics of micellar solutions. (2004) (51)
Growth of charged micelles (1990) (51)
Striated acto-myosin fibers can reorganize and register in response to elastic interactions with the matrix. (2011) (51)
Scaling laws for the response of nonlinear elastic media with implications for cell mechanics. (2012) (49)
Chain ordering of hybrid lipids can stabilize domains in saturated/hybrid/cholesterol lipid membranes (2010) (49)
Hydrodynamics of confined membranes. (2004) (49)
Ordering of myosin II filaments driven by mechanical forces: experiments and theory (2018) (47)
Theoretical concepts and models of cellular mechanosensing. (2010) (45)
Stage Ordering in Intercalation Compounds (1987) (44)
Localized Dynamic Light Scattering: Probing Single Particle Dynamics at the Nanoscale (1997) (44)
Substrate stiffness-modulated registry phase correlations in cardiomyocytes map structural order to coherent beating (2015) (44)
Junctions and end-caps in self-assembled non-ionic cylindrical micelles. (2006) (43)
Line active molecules promote inhomogeneous structures in membranes: theory, simulations and experiments. (2014) (43)
Physics of cell elasticity, shape and adhesion (2005) (43)
The cellular response to curvature-induced stress (2009) (42)
Designer protein assemblies with tunable phase diagrams in living cells (2020) (42)
Size distribution for aggregates of associating polymers. II. Linear packing (1988) (41)
Pore formation and area exchange in tense membranes (1998) (40)
Pinning of fluid membranes by periodic harmonic potentials. (2004) (40)
Active self-polarization of contractile cells in asymmetrically shaped domains. (2007) (40)
Nonlinearities of biopolymer gels increase the range of force transmission. (2015) (40)
Inclusions induced phase separation in mixed lipid film (1999) (40)
Self-consistent charge densities, band structures, and staging energies of graphite intercalation compounds (1981) (39)
Role of cross-links in bundle formation, phase separation and gelation of long filaments (2003) (39)
Entropic phase separation in polymer-microemulsion networks. (2003) (38)
Theory of size distribution of associating polymer aggregates. I. Spherical aggregates (1987) (38)
Scaling laws for microemulsions governed by spontaneous curvature (1997) (36)
Spontaneous buckling of contractile poroelastic actomyosin sheets (2018) (36)
Entropic networks in colloidal, polymeric and amphiphilic systems (2003) (35)
Living Matter: Mesoscopic Active Materials (2018) (35)
Random Interfaces and the Physics of Microemulsions (1993) (35)
Direct measurement of sub-Debye-length attraction between oppositely charged surfaces. (2009) (35)
Temperature Dependence of Domain Kinetics in Two Dimensions (1983) (34)
Electrostatic interactions of asymmetrically charged membranes (2007) (34)
Line tension between domains in multicomponent membranes is sensitive to degree of unsaturation of hybrid lipids (2011) (34)
Microemulsion networks: the onset of bicontinuity (2000) (33)
Polymer-induced membrane contraction, phase separation, and fusion via Marangoni flow. (2001) (33)
Sarcomeric Pattern Formation by Actin Cluster Coalescence (2012) (33)
Nonlinear dynamics of cell orientation. (2009) (32)
Localized dynamic light scattering: a new approach to dynamic measurements in optical microscopy. (1998) (31)
Magnetic strings and networks (2003) (31)
Stage dependence of magnetic susceptibility of intercalated graphite (1984) (31)
How cells feel their substrate: spontaneous symmetry breaking of active surface stresses (2012) (30)
Charging dynamics of an individual nanopore (2018) (30)
Enhanced counterion localization induced by surface charge modulation (2002) (29)
Rupture Dynamics and Chromatin Herniation in Deformed Nuclei. (2017) (29)
Screening length for finite-size ions in concentrated electrolytes. (2018) (29)
Random Interface Model of Sponge Phases (1995) (29)
Surface instability of viscoelastic thin films (1993) (29)
Cooperative effects and staging n graphite intercalation compounds (1980) (28)
Universal reduction of pressure between charged surfaces by long-wavelength surface charge modulation (2002) (28)
Long-range interaction between heterogeneously charged membranes. (2011) (28)
Curvature elasticity of ordered bicontinuous structures (1990) (27)
Mesoscale phase separation of chromatin in the nucleus (2020) (26)
Pressure of correlated layer-charge and counterion fluctuations in charged thin films. (1999) (25)
Elastic deformations of grafted layers with surface stress. (2004) (25)
Red Blood Cell Shape and Fluctuations: Cytoskeleton Confinement and ATP Activity (2005) (25)
Theory of spin-disorder Raman scattering in magnetic semiconductors (1977) (23)
Scaling laws indicate distinct nucleation mechanisms of holes in the nuclear lamina (2019) (23)
Scaling relations for counterion release and attraction of oppositely charged surfaces (2005) (23)
Mechanical consequences of cellular force generation (2011) (23)
Statistical thermodynamics of soft surfaces (2002) (21)
Equilibrium domains on heterogeneously charged surfaces. (2007) (21)
Physical theory of biological noise buffering by multicomponent phase separation (2021) (20)
Microemulsion shape fluctuation measured by neutron spin echo (1990) (20)
Initiation and dynamics of hemifusion in lipid bilayers. (2002) (20)
Active volume regulation in adhered cells (2020) (20)
Response of adherent cells to mechanical perturbations of the surrounding matrix. (2015) (20)
Effect of charge inhomogeneity and mobility on colloid aggregation. (2012) (20)
Self-Assembly in Mixtures of Diblock Copolymers (1994) (19)
Compressive elasticity of polydisperse biopolymer gels. (2017) (19)
Measurement of cellular forces at focal adhesions using elastic micro-patterned substrates (2003) (19)
Prediction of the dependence of the line tension on the composition of linactants and the temperature in phase separated membranes. (2014) (18)
Elastic interactions synchronize beating in cardiomyocytes. (2016) (18)
Filament networks attached to membranes: cytoskeletal pressure and local bilayer deformation (2007) (18)
Dynamics of elastic interactions in soft and biological matter. (2013) (18)
Inter-filament attractions narrow the length distribution of actin filaments (2004) (17)
Temperature dependence of the raman linewidth and frequency shift in Ge and Si (1975) (17)
Solubilization of Proteins in Membranes (1995) (16)
NONLINEAR RESPONSE OF MEMBRANES TO PINNING SITES (1997) (16)
Phenomenological theory of Raman scattering in europium chalcogenides (1976) (16)
Self assembly modulated by interactions of two heterogeneously charged surfaces. (2008) (15)
Entropic networks in colloidal self-assembly (2001) (14)
Surface and bulk ordering in thin films (1998) (14)
Slow fluctuations in enhanced Raman scattering and surface roughness relaxation. (2003) (13)
Coherency strains and staging in graphite intercalation compounds (1980) (13)
Nematic order by elastic interactions and cellular rigidity sensing (2010) (12)
Spontaneous Curvature of Mixed-Copolymer Bilayers (1993) (12)
Scaling theory of mixed amphiphilic monolayers (2001) (12)
Solvent induced attractions in micelles and microemulsions (1987) (12)
Equilibrium size distribution of charged 'living' polymers (1990) (12)
Evolution in students' understanding of thermal physics with increasing complexity (2013) (11)
Attractive instability of oppositely charged membranes induced by charge density fluctuations. (2004) (11)
Hybrid lipids increase nanoscale fluctuation lifetimes in mixed membranes. (2013) (11)
Raman scattering in Europium chalcogenides near magnetic phase transitions (1979) (11)
Curvature Elasticity Models of Microemulsions (1996) (11)
Introductory physics going soft (2012) (10)
Microemulsions: An Ensemble of Fluctuating Interfaces (1992) (10)
Scattering form factors for self-assembled network junctions. (2007) (10)
Mechanobiological induction of long-range contractility by diffusing biomolecules and size scaling in cell assemblies (2016) (10)
Entropically driven attraction between telechelic brushes (2001) (10)
Lamellar phase coexistence induced by electrostatic interactions (2010) (10)
Raman scattering in EuSe and EuTe near magnetic phase transitions (1979) (10)
Curvature-Induced Interactions in Microemulsions (1992) (10)
Surface melting of ice induced by hydrocarbon films (1993) (9)
Theory of frequency response of mechanically driven cardiomyocytes (2018) (9)
Fluctuations and ordering in macroion suspensions. (2000) (9)
Cytoskeleton confinement of red blood cell membrane fluctuations (2002) (9)
Capillary equilibria of surfaces intersected by dislocations (1985) (9)
Spontaneous vesicle formation by mixed surfactants (1991) (9)
Erratum: Scaling Laws for the Response of Nonlinear Elastic Media with Implications for Cell Mechanics [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 178103 (2012)] (2012) (9)
Registry Kinetics of Myosin Motor Stacks Driven by Mechanical Force-Induced Actin Turnover. (2019) (8)
Fluctuations and kinetics of domain growth in two dimensions (1982) (8)
The immunity of polymer-microemulsion networks (2005) (8)
Theory of the mechanical response of focal adhesions to shear flow (2010) (8)
First- and second-order Raman scattering in EuSe near TN (1979) (7)
Random surface model for the L 3 -phase of dilute surfactant solutions (Erratum) (1988) (7)
Structure factor for microemulsions with finite spontaneous curvature (1991) (7)
Interacting multivalent molecules: affinity and valence impact the extent and symmetry of phase separation (2019) (7)
Theory of Shape Transitions in Microemulsions (1986) (7)
A random interface model of microemulsions (1994) (7)
Biocontinuous to lamellar transitions in L3 phases and microemulsions (1991) (6)
Transcription rates in DNA brushes. (2015) (6)
Profiles of locally adhering membranes (1997) (6)
Equilibrium structure of multilayer van der Waals films and nanotubes (2002) (6)
Wave number selection in Rayleigh-Bénard convection: A numerical study (1982) (6)
Temperature dependence of domain growth (1984) (6)
Balance of osmotic pressures determines the nuclear-to-cytoplasmic volume ratio of the cell (2022) (5)
Balance of osmotic pressures determines the volume of the cell nucleus (2021) (5)
Equilibrium size distribution and phase separation of multivalent, molecular assemblies in dilute solution. (2020) (5)
Capillary Instabilities in Thin, Polycrystalline Films (1985) (5)
Reply to the comment on “Shape fluctuations of microemulsion droplets. A neutron spin-echo study” by V. Lisy (2003) (5)
Entropic phase separation of linked beads (2004) (5)
Current amplification in a relativistic electron beam (1974) (5)
Fluctuating Interfaces and the Structure of Microemulsions (1994) (5)
Live imaging of chromatin distribution in muscle nuclei reveals novel principles of nuclear architecture and chromatin compartmentalization (2020) (4)
Cholesterol tilting drives phase separation in lipid bilayer membranes (2012) (4)
Is the Mechanics of Cell–Matrix Adhesion Amenable to Physical Modeling? (2010) (4)
Fingering Instability of a Spreading Drop (1989) (4)
Mechanical, adhesive and thermodynamic properties of hollow nanoparticles (2002) (3)
Fluctuations and kinetics of domain growth in degenerate magnetic systems (1983) (3)
Diffusion in a soft confining environment: dynamic effects of thermal fluctuations. (2012) (3)
Theory of resonant Raman scattering in Europium chalcogenides (1977) (3)
Physics of Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations in Cardiac Cells and Their Entrainment. (2019) (3)
Interlayer screening and magnetic susceptibility of graphite intercalation compounds (1980) (3)
Confined Polymers in a Poor Solvent: The Role of Bonding to the Surface (2021) (3)
Visualizing the Entropy Change of a Thermal Reservoir (2014) (3)
Statistical thermodynamics of staging and intercalation (1987) (2)
Matrix Mechanosensing: From Scaling Concepts in Omics Data to Mechanisms in the Nucleus, Cancer, and Regeneration (2015) (2)
Theory of Structure and Phase Transitions in Globular Microemulsions (1990) (2)
Design guidelines for adapting scientific research articles: An example from an introductory level, interdisciplinary program on soft matter (2013) (2)
Cardiomyocyte Calcium Ion Oscillations—Lessons From Physics (2020) (2)
Kinetics of Instabilities in Solid Films (1986) (2)
Erratum: Long-range self-organization of cytoskeletal myosin II filament stacks (2017) (2)
Theory of field dependent correlation functions for light scattering in magnetic semiconductors (1978) (2)
Ultra-low concentration phase separation in solids: Ag in (Cd, Hg)Te (1999) (2)
Affinity and Valence Impact the Extent and Symmetry of Phase Separation of Multivalent Proteins. (2019) (2)
Regulation of chromatin microphase separation by adsorbed protein complexes (2022) (2)
Long-Time Phase Correlations Reveal Regulation of Beating Cardiomyocytes. (2020) (2)
Hybrid Lipids as a Biological Line-Active Component (2010) (2)
Charge Fluctuations and Shear Stress of Thin Films (1998) (1)
Protein gradients in single cells induced by "morphogen"-like diffusion (2017) (1)
Soft matter education (2013) (1)
Shifting the learning gears: Redesigning a project-based course on soft matter through the perspective of constructionism (2020) (1)
Competitive adsorption of amphiphilic molecules and the stability of water-swollen micelles in oil. (2005) (1)
Middle-Phase Microemulsions and Random Surfaces (1987) (1)
In memory of pierre-gilles de gennes. (2009) (1)
Incomplete phase separation in mixed monolayers (1998) (1)
Matrix rigidity optimizes the polarization of stem cells (2009) (1)
Domain Structures in Graphite Intercalation Compounds (1981) (1)
Surface Modification and Instabilities of Supercooled Phases (1993) (1)
Interactions of Rigid Interfaces (2018) (0)
Gerhard Schmidt Minerva Center, Weizmann Institute of Science (2015) (0)
Charging dynamics of an individual nanopore (2018) (0)
Phase-Separation Driven Heterochromatin Formation: Experiment and Theory (2019) (0)
Physical Theory of Concentration Buffering in Multi-Component, Phase-Separating Systems (2021) (0)
L-69 Cylindrical microemulsions : a polymer-like phase ? (2016) (0)
Wetting of Interfaces (2018) (0)
Non-linear dynamics and long-time phase correlations of beating cardiomyocytes (2021) (0)
Erratum: “Introductory physics going soft” [Am. J. Phys. 80, 51–60 (2012)] (2012) (0)
Contractile Stress and Morphogen Diffusion in Developing Cell Assemblies (2014) (0)
Stabilization of concentration fluctuations in mixed membranes by hybrid lipids (2012) (0)
Mixtures and Interfaces (2018) (0)
Flexible Interfaces : Fluid Membranes (2018) (0)
Substrate Regulation of Cytoskeletal Order and Beating Strain Dynamics of Cardiomyocytes (2016) (0)
Macromolecular liquids : symposium held November 27-December 1, 1989, Boston, Massashusetts, U.S.A. (1990) (0)
Non-Linear Model for Mechanical Entrainment of Cardiomyocytes (2018) (0)
Volume regulation in adhered cells: roles of surface tension and cell swelling (2022) (0)
Dynamics of active cellular response under stress (2008) (0)
Fluctuations and interactions in microemulsions (1995) (0)
Model Self-Consistent Bands for Graphite Intercalation Compounds (1981) (0)
Lipid mixtures and the stability of membrane and cellular rafts (2011) (0)
Protein gradients in single cells induced by their coupling to "morphogen"-like diffusion. (2017) (0)
Nonlinear Elasticity in the Interaction of Living Cells with their Mechanical Environment (2013) (0)
Theory of rigidity sensing of biological cells (2010) (0)
Gelation, phase separation and bundling in actin networks (2003) (0)
Phase Separation in Microemulsions (1986) (0)
Introductory-Level Course on Randomness and Order in Soft and Biological Matter (2014) (0)
Matrix Elasticity Dictates Cytoskeletal Polarization In Mesenchymal Stem Cells (2009) (0)
Elastic Interactions of Biological Cells (2005) (0)
Scaling laws indicate distinct nucleation mechanisms of holes in the nuclear lamina (2019) (0)
Reaction of Primary Fibroblasts to Well Controlled External Strain (2010) (0)
Nematic order by elastic interactions and rigidity sensing of living cells (2010) (0)
Elastic interactions for mechanically active cells in soft material (2003) (0)
ACTIVITY AND ORIENTATION OF CELLS IN GELS (2008) (0)
Physics of adhesion and elasticity of biological cells (2006) (0)
Self-Assembling Networks in Microemulsions and Dipolar Fluids (2001) (0)
The Biophysicist: Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 (2021) (0)
Random Connected Cylinders: a New Structure in Three-Component Microemulsions (2017) (0)
Publisher Correction: Charging dynamics of an individual nanopore (2019) (0)
Balance of osmotic pressures determines the volume of the nucleus (2022) (0)
Self-Assembling Interfaces : Micelles, Vesicles, Microemulsions (2018) (0)
Theoretical Study of Chromatin Organization at the Mesoscale (2021) (0)
Biological Cells as Active, Soft Composite Materials (2009) (0)
Curvature Elasticity of Block Copolymers and the Structure of Emulsified Polymer Blends (1989) (0)
Spontaneous buckling of contractile poroelastic actomyosin sheets (2018) (0)
Two Levels of Myosin-IIA Dynamics in Cells: Turnover of Filaments and Self-Organization of Filament Stacks (2016) (0)
Interactions and self assembly of two heterogeneously charged surfaces (2008) (0)
Active Fluctuations in Living Matter : Extracting Work from Random , Nonequilibrium Motion (2018) (0)
Fluctuations of Interfaces (2018) (0)
Theory of frequency response of mechanically driven cardiomyocytes (2018) (0)
Multivalency of Proteins and their Interactions Predict their Phase Separation (2020) (0)
The Biophysicist: Introductory Editorial (2020) (0)
Surfactant Association: Recent Theoretical and Experimental Developments (1991) (0)
Mechanobiological Induction of Long-Range Contractility and Size Scaling in Cell Assemblies (2016) (0)
Orientational Polarizability and Stress Response of Biological Cells (2010) (0)
Slow and Fast Time Scales in Cardiomyocyte Beating (2019) (0)
Beller Lectureship Talk: Active response of biological cells to mechanical stress (2009) (0)
Hybrid Lipid as Biological Surfactants (2009) (0)
Bringing balance to the (osmotic) force (2022) (0)
Mechanical Force-Driven Registry of Non-Muscle Myosin in Fibroblasts (2020) (0)
Mesoscopic organization of biomolecular condensates (2022) (0)
The Disorder Origin of Raman Scattering In Perovskites Single Crystals (2022) (0)
Thermal Fluctuations and the Structure of Microemulsions (1989) (0)
RAMAN SCATTERING STUDIES OF SPIN ORDER AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THE EUROPIUM CHALCOGENIDES (1980) (0)
Self-Polarization of Cells in Elastic Gels (2008) (0)

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Weizmann Institute of Science